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The odd, odd world we live in!

January 21, 2016 08:55 IST

These images from across the globe show that it is a crazy world out there.

Women practise yoga at a hot spring in Luoyang, Henan Province in China. About one hundred participants performed a yoga show in -4°C at a local hot spring yoga culture festival. Photograph: Stringer/ Reuters


A model presents makeup creations during a show by Maybelline New York at the Berlin Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2016 in Berlin, Germany. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensc/Reuters


Contestants take part in a cold enduring competition in temperature of -6°C at an indoor ski resort in Changsha, Hunan province in China. Photograph: China Daily/Reuters


A guest views ‘Echoue au seuil de la raison’ by artist Virgile Ittah at the ‘Champagne Life’ exhibition held at the Saatchi Gallery in London, England. The exhibition celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Saatchi Gallery and is the first all-women exhibition held at the gallery. Photograph: Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images


An Elvis tribute artist prepares to board the ‘Elvis Express’ at Central Station in Sydney, Australia. The Parkes Elvis Festival is held annually over five days, timed to coincide with Elvis Priestly's birth date in January. Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images


Guests view a sculpture entitled ‘Moje Sabz’ by artist Soheila Sokhanvari at the ‘Champagne Life’ exhibition held at the Saatchi Gallery in London. Photograph: Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images


A man counts coins collected from coin-operated laundry machines, at a warehouse in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China. A man running a coin-operated laundromat service had failed to exchange 3,00,000 yuan (About Rs 29 lakh) worth of coins into banknotes to pay his employees salaries for three months, according to local media. Local banks said they are unable to process the exchange in a go, the reports added. Photograph: Stringer/ Reuters


A vulture stands during an exercise for the ‘Vultures Detect’ programme at Huachipa Zoo in Lima. Residents of Lima would be wise to follow the proper guidelines when taking out their trash. Vultures are being equipped with GPS tracking devices and GoPro cameras to help environment officials crack down on illegal waste dumps surrounding the Peruvian capital. Photograph: Mariana Bazo/Reuters


People ride bicycles along an embankment of the Moskva river during the so-called winter bicycle parade in central Moscow, Russia. Photograph: Maxim Zmeyev/Reuters


Members of an ice swimming club take a dip in the lakeOrankesee during the annual carnival swimming meeting in Berlin, Germany. Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters